Table 11_1_25-1

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 11_1_25.1
Hospice patients who received care consistent with their stated end-of-life wishes, United States, 2005 and 2008
		2008		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		94.2	0.1	94.5	0.1
Age	18–44	91.7	0.4	93.3	0.4
	45–64	94.6	0.1	95.0	0.1
	65 and over	94.3	0.2	94.4	0.2
Race	American Indian/Alaska Native	87.3	1.7	90.7	1.6
	Asian/Pacific Islander	83.5	1.6	81.8	1.9
	Black	88.0	0.8	89.0	0.7
	White	94.7	0.1	95.0	0.1
	Other race/multiple races	90.5	1.0	88.3	1.3
Ethnicity	Hispanic	89.1	0.8	88.3	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, all races	94.4	0.1	94.8	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	94.8	0.1	95.2	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	87.9	0.8	89.1	0.8
Gender	Male	94.6	0.2	95.0	0.2
Gender	Female	94.2	0.1	94.4	0.1
Education	Less than high school	88.6	0.5	89.2	0.5
	High school graduate	93.6	0.2	93.9	0.2
	At least some college	95.3	0.1	95.7	0.1

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Family Evaluation of Hospice Care Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_25-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_25-1.html